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Thanks for those ideas. We are already advertising in the shop window and I've also asked two or three of our other branches who are local to us if they'll display a vacancy notice too. I hadn't thought of contacting local schools/colleges so that might be worth a try to. We've already tried to see if we can temporarily borrow someone from another branch but there doesn't seem to be anyone available.

I had thought about checking contracts etc but wasn't quite sure how much backing I'd get from the area manager if that makes sense - perfectly happy to work us all into the ground to get more MURs done etc but is very wishy washy when things like this come about.

Having somebody for the Saturday is essential as we have no counter assisiant, just the dispenser and the pharmacist. All this was set up before I joined the company - personally I'd be quite happy if we employed two people, one just for Saturdays and then somebody in the week but it's not many hours for the week so might put people off. Saturdays are so quite it doesn't need to be a dispenser as such just someone who's capable of serving the customers.